Improvement in railroad-car heaters



E. S. SCHIP-TUBE & W. STACK-MAN Railroad Car Heaters.

Patented September 9, 1873.

nLirHALnr s. sonirrunn AND wiLtmM sfrAcxMAN, or BROOKLYN, N. Y.

a iitlPRCVEvlENT IN RAiLRQAD-CAR HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,737, datedSeptember 9, 1.873; application filed l I May 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we,ELrPHA1.nr' S. SCRIP- TURE and WILLIAM STAcKMAN,ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and /State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in System of Warming Railroad-Gars,and for cooking purposes 5 and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof devices for heating a train of railroad-cars for cooking and forother purposes, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make p and use the same, we will now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a longitudinal vertical section of a kitchen-car and one carof the train.

A represents a kitchen-car for heating and cooking purposes, which carmay be divided by a transverse partition, so as to form a storeroom, A',at one end. In the car A is a small upright tubular boiler, B, by whichto generate steam for warming a whole trainof cars, which may follow thesame. C represents a small engine to drive a blower, E, and a forcepump,85e. D represents a continuation of the boiler-furnace, to be arrangedfor cooking purposes, that may be capable of preparing refreshments in aproper manner for all passengers occupying a long train of cars on longvoyages. G represents the commencement of what we term the maintrunk-pipe, which takes the steam from the boiler B, to be conveyed backand distributed throughout all the cars in a train. a is the iirst gatenear the first coupling, b, which is attached to a exible pipe, H, thatshows, at its other end, a similar gate, a', and coupling, b1, toconnect with the continuation of the main trunk-pipe G. M represents therst passen ger-car after the kitchen or heating car A, and throughwhichthe main pipe G passes. d d are distributing-pipes in this car,connected with the pipe G, and provided with a gate or stop-cock, b2,tolet on or shut off the steam when desired. I represents a smallauxiliary trap-heater, which .may be situated in a sink beneath the car,or upon the door at the center of the car, or atany other `locationdesired. The blaze from this heater passes upward through a pipe orflue, J, as shown. One or more of such ues may pass through the boilerand water in this heater, as may be deemed needful, the same beingserved with one or more lamps, f, as may be desired, in order to get upsteam in such order of time as the emergency may call for. These lampsare to be supplied with such oil or iiuidmasm be non-explosive, and witha wick as nearly indestructible as possible. The blaze from these is tobe instantly put out, when desired, by a trap-extinguisher arranged forthe purpose, therefore leaving no ire to be scattered about, nor anyfurtherconsumption of fuel beyond the moment it can bejdispensed with,which re lmay be instantly rekindled, by the touch of a match, in itsfull force, when it may be required on special occasions, such as when acar has no connection with the heater B and pipe G, in cases likewarming a car before making up a train, or when disconnected by accidentor otherwise. The steam from the boiler of the heater I passes through acoil-pipe, K, which connects with the main pipe G, and has, at or nearsaid connection, a gate or stop-cock, b3. K

When a car is in connection with the main .heater B the gate b3 may beclosedand the Y with that in the pipe K, when the same, with the heaterI, may serve as a radiator, and the boiler as a receptacle of water fromcondensed steam descending from above. f Small distributing-pipes may bearranged to suit.

The heater I is to be arranged with a floa to trap off the surplus waterfrom condensation, which will keep the auxiliary boiler al ways suppliedwith a proper head, ready to re up, as occasion may require, to make upany deiiciency of heat in the rear cars by means of the long distancefrom the main heater in the kitchen-car, or when the steam is cut offfrom the heater B and the pipes are to be supplied frorn the heater I.The main trunk-pipes are to be closed at each end of the car.

The Vpeculiar features of this invention and system are the variousimportant results attained by the use and management of the combinationabove set forth, and for cooking purposes on a large scale with the samere that makes the steam to be passed through all the cars in a train,-which steam may be used singly or in combination With the auxiliaryheater` I. This may also be made to Warm a single car by itself Whendetached from a train and having noconnection with the car A and heaterB; or, when connected, the two heaters may'act in perfect harmony inregulating and W maintaining the desired Warmth in one or a b2 b3 thesteam from the heater I may pass through the pipes d d While the steamfrom the main heater B is carried through the main pipe G to the cars inrear.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as neW7 anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the heater B and main trunk-pipe Gr With its gatesand couplings, the pipes d d and auxiliary heater I With pipe K andlamps f f, all constructed and arranged and used substantially in themanner and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We afx oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

ELIPHALET S. SGRIPTURE. [L. s] WILLIAM STAGKMAN. lL. s] Witnesses:

i ALBERT FRIEs, Jr.,

GEORGE MILLWATER.

